Vraxiss catches a glimpse of something, "There was something there, probably one of the basilisks. It went deeper in"
Seeing the same thing, Sharra'es tries to blend in with the wall while moving towards the shapes she saw slithering away.
As the group walks carefully forward into the room, knowing now that enemies await in the darkness. you all see a sizable alcove where you see a human sized Basilisk, with the other three remaining younger basilisk, one still injured. The alcove has chunks of meat and rubble of small animals, and old bones. Beyond the serpent, a long hallway going at an upward incline. the rooms floor is surprisingly smooth in the area, like worked stone bricks though most detail is hard to see underneath the moss and plant growth that covers the room.
Combat begins
Combat order
Vrax
Hark
Sharra
Basilisk family
Qua
Vraxiss curses as he sees the larger basilisk.
Giving a look... you surmise, this snake isn't actually a
true Basilisk. The small ones are, but the serpent they're following seems to be some kind of Magical beast or Fey snake
As Vraxiss's shield forms in place he calls out, "Kill the little ones first, the big one isn't a true basilisk!"
"On it!"
Harkness moves 30 ft up and throws a small glass orb at a random helpless critter.
It bursts with an orange-yellow glow and a hiss.
Not wanting to separate from her companions too much, she slowly moves across the room wary for any surprises.
Harkness splash downs the previously injured Basilisk and catches the larger snake. Burning it's rather tough looking scales.
One Baby basilisk Slithers toward Sharra, closing the distance. it makes a snap at her catching a rock as it misses, clearly only used to catching tiny critters. it hisses and gazes at you.
behind it the last baby basilisk closes the distance and makes a bite at Sharra to assist it's sibling, it also misses due to Sharra's defense.
the larger snake moves forward, closing the distance and holding it's form up, hissing at Vraxiss as though it seems insulted for some reason. But is in front of Harkness who just struck it
Having no real interest in getting any closer Qua will make sure she has plenty of meat shields between her (but not in the line of Fire because ranged penalties are bad) and the serpents before firing at the small snake that Qua decides is closest to being dead.
The Battle rages on as a gunshot is heard throughout the cave landing a solid strike on the infant basilisk.
Harkness's Thrown Vial kills the injured snake
Sharra feels her body stiffen up from the gaze.
Round 2
Combat order
Vrax
Hark
Sharra
Basilisk family 2/3 Basilisks B1 4 damage/ ??, B2 0/??,4 /?? Mama snake
Qua
Vraxiss draws his dagger with one hand, and throws lightning at the closest Basilisk with the other.
Starting to regret her enthusiasm, Sharra'es true to stomp one of the creatures in front of her.
Harkness will position himself across from Sharra to flank a "basilisk" when he catches them surrounding her
Between Harkness and Vraxiss the injured Basilisk is Sliced and cooked rather quickly until it's sizzling snake steak. However one remains and casts it's gaze at Sharra and Harkness
The mother snake peers down at the Doctor and lets out a hiss before curling its large form around him and squeezing tightly, attempting to crush his bones.
Harkness hops out of the grasp at the last chance he gets.
Harkness feels his body beginning to seize up from the snakes gaze, but it hasn't fully set in yet. Sharra full shrugs the effect off and successfully dodges the snakes snap in time.
Qua is up and the Round 3
Once more with feeling, after a Reposition to avoid penalties.
The smallest snake goes down finally, leaving y'all with an angry giant mother snake, who begins glowing with magical energy as soon as the last child is dead.
Harkness will stiffly position himself at the last enemy before biting down just a bit to far from his target.
"Ehh. First day wit' da new teeth."
Sharra 'es forces her body to move towards the last foe.
Vraxiss, tries to daze the snake now that the mass of biddies is getting thick.
The Snake seems to shake off the magic quite easily .
It backs away, grabs one of the dead basilisk corpses and consumes it whole. as it does, its few injuries seem to heal, it's scales take on a deep purple shade, it lets out a loud hiss and a voice speaks in your minds
RUINERS, DESTROYERS. I shall consume your bodies as well the snake seems to not act further but is staring you all down.
“Gross! Kill it!”
Hoping to end the abomination, Sharra 'es forces her arm to strike out to hit at a vital spot.
Vraxiss curses and move up to support the frontline fighters. Holding his dagger wardingly in one hand he strikes at the monster with a lighting wreathed slap.
Harkness takes another swipe at the larger creature. What little composure he has is gone, now he's trying his best to survive.
the giant snake like creature, takes a couple hits from Harkness and Sharra, it's form seems sturdier now, harder to pierce for some reason but the attacks do connect and do damage. the creature dodges Vraxis attack and among all the chaos Qua's attack misses.
it Retaliates by bringing it's head up and back, flaring its hood and breathing a thick gross acidic mist at... Qua .
Afterwards it tunnels underground
As the snake creature is retreating underground to reposition strikes from the party manage to stop it, the creatures large body going limp half in the ground, half out. the room is quiet now aside from the sound of water, the only path ahead being behind the snakes nest, a tunnel heading upward. the room itself seems empty aside from rubble, bones and stones.
Combat over!
Breathing heavily, Sharra stretches her arms and legs trying to get them to move normally. "I guess we should check the net to make sure there aren't any more surprises. We don't want any more of these popping up."
Seeing no threats and no surprises, Sharra'es starts slowly making her way back to the pack animals. "I hope feeling returns to my limbs soon. It's going to be slow going if not."
“Anything interesting on the snake, person uuuuh monster?” Qua asks while reloading her trusty revolver.
Vraxiss casts detect magic and causiously approaches the larger corpse."Well let's find out."
Qua- I'd need a survival check to harvest the monster parts and then an appropriately good Alchemy check. But yes, we could figure something out
Vrax- you detect the fading magic of dead creatures
Qua dives in to cutting this creature a little too excitedly and mangled what is left of the body.
“Man, I am not good at this. Oh well.” Qua stands up and doesn’t even really try to clean her hands beyond flicking her wrist a few times.
"Awrighty den. Anyone wanna check da nest?" Harkness indulges his own sense of curiosity with a peek before heading up the tunnel.
Qua, in her excitement tears apart the larger snake corpse ruining even the meat that could have been retrieved.
at the bottom of the nest, Harkness finds about 100 platinum coins, and a few other items